Kate Rusby
Cobbler s Daughter
The Fairest of All Yarrow
The Unquiet Grave
The Duke and the Tinker
Our Town - Kate Rusby, Crenshaw, Marshall
The Sleepless Sailor
Botany Bay [ ]
Anyone expecting a stylistic leap the second time out for this bright talent will be disappointed with Sleepless. The mystery, however, is how anyone could listen to Kate Rusby s stunning debut, Hourglass, and wish that sh.
more »e d abandon a sound that fits her like a custom-cut bodice. The Yorkshire, England-based classicist is clearly committed to the traditional folk music of her homeland, and she inhabits the music with preternatural confidence. First and foremost, she has a rare knack for making arcane phraseology seem vibrant. Witness the first album s He took up his sword and he went to fight / Fa la lanky down dilly. Or, from this sophomore effort: She s hit him on the head / The young man fell like lead / Quite dead / Upon the floor he lay. She dances over the words as if tipsy